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China Trade Surplus Small In GDP But Huge For World

China's trade balance surplus is only about 2% of its GDP—down from 10% in 2010—but because the Chinese economy has grown so large, that surplus is still huge relative to the rest of the world.

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Kenneth Rogoff

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They’re running a massive surplus to the rest of the world. The total size of their trade balance surplus is only 2 percent of GDP. It’s not 10 percent, the way it was in 2010

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Kenneth RogoffConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:28:48 AM

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